1 Samuel 17:34 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:”
1 Samuel 17:34 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 17:34 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 17:34 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,”
1 Samuel 17:34 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 17:34 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, ”
1 Samuel 17:34 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 17:34 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And David saith unto Saul, `A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come--and the bear--and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove,”
1 Samuel 17:34 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 17:34 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And David said to Saul, Thy servant fed his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and also a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. ”
1 Samuel 17:34 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 17:34 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Dauid answered vnto Saul, Thy seruant kept his fathers sheepe, and there came a lyon, and likewise a beare, and tooke a sheepe out of the flocke,”
1 Samuel 17:34 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 17:34 in Context — 1 Samuel 17
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
What Does 1 Samuel 17:34 Mean?
1 Samuel 17:34 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 17. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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